Yasar A. Torres Yaghi, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Following a neuro-restoration research fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, neurologist Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD, has joined the staff as director of the Parkinsonism and Dementia Clinic. Dr. Torres-Yaghi is also spearheading an initiative to care for the growing population of aging patients with neurodegenerative conditions
characterized by overlapping features of both cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Torres-Yaghi’s credentials include:
Medical Degree: George Washington University
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Neuro-restoration research
(Movement disorders, dementia)
Dr. Torres-Yaghi’s areas of expertise include:
- Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Multiple-System Atrophy
- Frontal Temporal Lobe Dementia
Clinical areas of focus
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myelitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Lack Of Coordination
- Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myelitis
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Rett Syndrome
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Unsteady Walking
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Brain Imaging
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chorea Treatment
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Falls Prevention
- Memory Disorder Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
Practice locations
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1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 300 3rd Fl
McLean, VA, 22101
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology
Washington, DC, 20007
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- HighMark
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice POS
- Beech Street PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- OA Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2011)